Study on Industrial Exemptions

Together Louisiana’s new study, “Costly and Unusual,” analyzes Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program.Under this program, the State of Louisiana, through a state-level board called the Commerce & Industry Board, currently is giving away $16.7 billion in local governments’ property tax revenue as subsidies to corporations, without the approval of those local governments.

It is the single largest program of state subsidies for corporations in the nation.

Summary presentation of study’s findings:

Click here to see how much the program is costing every parish, including a breakdown of all local public services with a dedicated millage (school districts, police, libraries, parks, drainage, levees, etc.)